Given name
Breena
“from the fairy palace”
Breena is used as a given name. One Irish interpretation is “from the fairy palace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “from the fairy palace.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Breena through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 893
- 0 boys · 893 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −88%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 41 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 810 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Breena’s family of names
Breena has a related form in Brina. Breena has a related form in Bryna. Breena has a related form in Brenee.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Brinavariant
- Brienavariant
- Breinavariant
- Breneevariant
- Breenvariant
- Brynavariant
- Breennalikely variant
- Breynavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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